Golf-bag.



G. H. SHAMBERG.

GOLF BAG.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.22. ms.

1 1 89,879. Patented July 4, 1916.

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""" W iv i 12 WIN/8865 INVENTOR 7y i ATTOENEY GUSTAVE H. SHAMBERG, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

GOLF-BAG.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 4, 1916.

Application filed January 22, 1916. Serial No. 73,506.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GUSTAVE H. SHAM- BERG, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Golf-Bags, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improved golfclub holder.

It is a well known fact that when carrying golf-clubs in the common form of golfbags, the shorter clubs with metallic heads will rub against the handles or shanks of the longer clubs to the injury of the handles on the long clubs. The handles of the clubs all being in one compartment, also have a tendency to become mixed together, making it hard to draw out the desired club.

The object of my invention is to overcome these difficulties, and at the same time, provide a golf-club holder that while strongly constructed, is easy to carry around. These results are accomplished by a bag or golfclub holder built on the principle of the suit case or flat valise, which consists of two hinged compartments. Each compartment is open at one end for the reception of the clubs, and each of said compartments is pro vided with means to guide the clubs and hold them separate from each other.

My invention will be more fully explained by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which an embodiment of the invention is illustrated and in which Figure 1 is afront elevation of my improved golf-club holder, only two clubs being represented for convenience; Fig. 2 is a view showing the holder opened; Fig. 3 is an end view; Fig. 41 is a cross-sectional view on the line li of Fig. 1; Fig. 5 is a detail cross-sectional view on the line 55 of Fig. 2; Fig. 6 is a fragmentary sectional view on the line 66 of Fig. 3; and Fig. 7 is a fragmentary sectional view of one compartment on the line 7-7 of Fig. 6.

Referring again to the drawings, the two compartments 10 and 11 may be constructed after the type of a flat valise, or in any other convenient way; and, for the purpose of illustration, are shown as being formed of 7 frames, having two sides 1212, and a bottom 13 The top is left open and is provided with a cross-bar 1 1, to strengthen the structure, and another cross-member 15 is secured at the lower part of the frame to further strengthen it, The frames are inclosed by' a covering 16, which may be leather, canvas or any other suitable material, being stretched over and secured to the frames at their inner edges. The two compartments 10 and 11 thus formed are hinged together at 17 and, when in the closed position are held together by a common form of spring-catch 18 and said compartments are further provided with handles 19 near their upper extremities to facilitate carrying the holder about.

Near the upper open end of each compartment is secured a pair of cross-bars 20, run nmg from side to side, and having short intermediate bars 21 spaced at regular intervals, thus forming a series of openings which serve as guides when the clubs are being placed in, or withdrawn from, the holder, and which also keep each club in its proper place when placed in the holder. To aid further in positioning the clubs in the holder, I provide at the lower part of the compartments, adjacent the cross-bar 15, a receptacle 22, divided by cross-pieces 23 into the same number of spaces as the bars 20 and 21 divide the compartments 10 and 11. A number of small openings 24: are provided at the lower part to permit the escape of moisture that might be gathered and allow a circulation of air.

A locking device 25 is provided so that, when the holder is opened, as in Figs. 2 and 5, it may be locked in that position and the player may be able to see all his clubs at the same time and readily select and' withdraw whichever one he may desire to use.

It will be obvious that the invention may be embodied in other forms suited to the convenience of the manufacturer, or to the. desires of the user, and that the invention,

.partments hinged at two long sides and having their upper ends open; means in each compartment for holding the clubs separate; and means for securing the compartments in the open or extended posltlon.

- 3. In a golf-club holder the combination means near the upper end of the holder for of a plurality of shallow elongated c0mcarrying the same. 10 partments hinged at two long sides and hav- In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set ing their upper ends open; means in each my hand this 10th day of January 1916. compartment to guide and separate the GUSTAVE H. SHAMBERG. clubs; means for locking the compartments Vitnesses:

in the open position; means for looking the CLARENCE G. GALSTON,

compartments in the closed position; and G. H. EMPRY.

Copies of H111 patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. C." 

